Hoeman . J. V.. 
1 964 — A1 eut i ans 
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grown-over railroad. See First yellow wagtail end recognise it immediately 
as it gives its metallic alarm hovering and di ping above us. Find fox 
sparrow nest, 3 e low t ground. 
Later on the sea wall of huge granite rocks behind our hotel with 
the wind driving ice inshore 2 see a black-legged Kittiwske folio ing the beach 
a graceful enobeautiful gull. 
Walking out near town I different isle semlpalmated and western 
sandpipers. It reins this evening quite herd. 
June 11. 1964 
This morning I write a bit, attempting to c- tch up, while ^in goes 
and picks up our old Chevy ($15 /day plus gas). Nice day now as we go out 
past airport and highway dept. At milepost 4 where road enters hills we 
stop. I find Wilson's warbler and yellow warbler to add to our list, but 
Win locates a pair of golden plover on territory. We go on over the dll 
and as we come down to Nome River we see a swan going down if pursued briefly 
by fc jaeger and up it a little ways a swallow I though was violet-green at 
the time, but later admit could have been tree, in flying around abn'd. 
mine cabins, 2 of which had bird houses. 
At mile 17.5 we get stuck where snowdrift seals road so Win walks back 
to get hwy. comm. cat. to come pill us out while I watch Jaeger, golden 
plover, nest with 4 e. 20' from willow cltops on either side. 
Next we drive down to Cape Some again and walk back the road, I f nding 
huge intrie' tely-built hoary redpoll nest 6r* in alder, 7 ©. I climb to 
the 675 plus /minus summit of the hill there — a flat bouldery top with 
a recent cat-track to the old fal ! en survey standard over 1944 IP and GS BM 
